// Allegiance
PICK A SIDE
Or don't. The Zone has room for soldiers, anarchists, scientists, killers, and the lone walkers in between. Choose carefully - the Zone remembers.
DUTY
"The Zone is a wound on the world. Contain it. Eradicate it. Discipline above all."
- Territory
- Rostok
- Playstyle
- Military structure, uniforms, ranks. Lawful, anti-mutant, suspicious of Freedom.
- Lead
- K-9
UKRAINIAN MILITARY
"The Zone is forbidden. Our orders are to keep it that way, no matter how many Stalkers we have to turn back."
- Territory
- Cordon perimeter, Agroprom
- Playstyle
- Ukrainian military. Strict chain of command, patrol the border, enforce the exclusion zone, neutralize threats.
- Lead
- Gangstalker
FREEDOM
"The Zone belongs to those who walk it. No governments, no fences, no rules but our own."
- Territory
- Army Warehouses
- Playstyle
- Loose hierarchy, weed-and-rifles culture, anti-Duty, anti-state.
- Lead
- Bearoni
BANDITS
"Take what you can. Trust no one outside the gang. Survive by being the worse threat."
- Territory
- Garbage
- Playstyle
- Hostile RP-heavy. Robbery, kidnapping, extortion. Hardest faction to play well.
- Lead
- Stench
MERCENARIES
"Loyalty is a contract, not a feeling. Pay enough and we'll do anything. Almost."
- Territory
- Dead City
- Playstyle
- For-hire ops, professional aesthetic, gas masks and discipline. No ideology, only invoices.
- Lead
- N/A
MONOLITH
"The Monolith calls. Defend the inner Zone from outsiders."
- Territory
- ???
- Playstyle
- Cult-like, hostile to all outsiders. Faction is closed; recruitment via lore-only events.
- Lead
- xKazuto
ECOLOGISTS
"The Zone is the most important scientific frontier of our era. We document it, we don't fight it."
- Territory
- Yantar bunker
- Playstyle
- Non-combatant. Research, sample collection, paying Stalkers to escort and retrieve.
- Lead
- Mathex319
WOLVES
"Veteran Stalkers, bound together by survival and exploration, pathfinders."
- Territory
- Waystation
- Playstyle
- Tight-knit pack with strong loyalty bonds. Survival is everything, no member left behind.
- Lead
- Kknd
CLEAR SKY
"Knowledge of the Zone is the only weapon that scales. We bleed for data, and we sell what we learn to whoever pays."
- Territory
- Great Swamps, Cordon outskirts
- Playstyle
- Small disciplined unit. Scientific edge in equipment, mercenary pragmatism in operations. Allies of convenience, enemies of carelessness.
- Lead
- VPope
// PDA · Faction Relations
WHO TALKS TO WHOM
Read across a row to see how that faction relates to every other. Hover any cell for the full pair. Relations shift; this is the current state.
Hostile means Kill on Identification. For pairs marked Hostile, combat may begin the moment one Stalker recognizes the other's faction allegiance. No verbal initiation is required. All other server rules (NLR, value of life, no metagaming) still apply.
| Stalkers | Duty | Ukrainian Military | Freedom | Bandits | Mercenaries | Monolith | Ecologists | Wolves | Clear Sky |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs unaligned | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | · Neutral | · Neutral |
| Duty | Ukrainian Military | Freedom | Bandits | Mercenaries | Monolith | Ecologists | Wolves | Clear Sky | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duty | - | x Hostile | x Hostile | x Hostile | · Neutral | x Hostile | + Friendly | · Neutral | · Neutral |
| Ukrainian Military | x Hostile | - | x Hostile | x Hostile | x Hostile | x Hostile | + Friendly | x Hostile | x Hostile |
| Freedom | x Hostile | x Hostile | - | · Neutral | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | · Neutral | · Neutral |
| Bandits | x Hostile | x Hostile | · Neutral | - | · Neutral | x Hostile | x Hostile | x Hostile | x Hostile |
| Mercenaries | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | · Neutral | - | x Hostile | + Friendly | · Neutral | · Neutral |
| Monolith | x Hostile | x Hostile | x Hostile | x Hostile | x Hostile | - | x Hostile | x Hostile | x Hostile |
| Ecologists | + Friendly | + Friendly | · Neutral | x Hostile | + Friendly | x Hostile | - | · Neutral | · Neutral |
| Wolves | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | - | · Neutral |
| Clear Sky | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | x Hostile | · Neutral | · Neutral | - |
" Faction patches are easy to pin on. Earning them is the hard part. "
FOUND YOUR PEOPLE?
Open application factions accept submissions through the form on their card. In-character factions find you in the Zone. Closed factions are waiting for the right moment.